Attorney-General's Office: DEL

Lord Wallace of Tankerness: My honourable friend the Solicitor-General has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Attorney-General's total DEL will be increased by £1,000 from £697,852,000 to £697,853,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000) Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 805 -673 659,882 35,509 695,391 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget 1 - 60,949 - 60,949 
			 Capital DEL † 45 - 11,885 - 11,885 
			 Less Depreciation †† -176 - -9,423 - -9,423 
			 Total DEL 674 -673 662,344 35,509 697,853 
		
	
	† Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	†† Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) element of the Attorney General's total DEL will be unchanged at £641,427,000.
	The movements within Resource DEL arise from:
	the take-up of Departmental Unallocated Provision of £4,000,000 from non-voted to voted DEL to increase the spending on the prosecution of criminal cases;
	an increase in the use of provisions for pension liabilities by £3,327,000 from voted to non voted RDEL; and
	the Serious Fraud Office's (SFO) element of the Attorney General's total DEL will be unchanged at £41,546,000.
	The movements within Resource DEL leading to a net change of £131,000 arise from:
	the take-up of £176,000 of budget transfer from the Home Office for the NFA Action Fraud Programme; and
	a transfer of £45,000 from Resource DEL to Capital DEL.
	Total DEL is unchanged as depreciation costs are expected to increase by £176,000.
	The HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor (TSol) element of the Attorney General's total DEL will be increased by a token £1,000 from £14,879,000 to £14,880,000. This increase will occur within the Administration Budget which will increase from £12,945,000 to £12,946,000.
	The change in Resource DEL arises from:
	a token increase of £1,000 to allow a £5,000,000 increase in appropriations in aid, arising from increased fee and disbursement from clients because of increased volume of legal and related services activity, to be included in the Estimate.

Banking: Social Investment

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: My right honourable friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General (Francis Maude) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	My honourable friend the Minister for Civil Society and I are today publishing a strategy for social investment, Growing the Social Investment Market, which gives more detail on the role of the Big Society Bank, alongside other measures to build the market. I am placing copies in the Libraries of the House and making it available on the Cabinet Office website.
	Social entrepreneurs, and the social ventures they lead, bring innovative solutions to some of our most intractable social problems, by combining commitment to a clear social mission with financially sustainable business models. They are crucial to building a bigger, stronger society, as well as contributing to economic growth and employment. However, social entrepreneurs are often held back by a lack of access to investment finance, which means they find it difficult to get started, to expand their ventures and to achieve their full potential. This is particularly the case now that public spending is constrained and many organisations that may have previously relied on some grant funding to survive are having to cope with the difficult transition to a new financing landscape.
	The Government therefore want to accelerate the development of the emerging social investment market, to increase the supply of capital available to social ventures. Our vision is for a market in which investors-from individual citizens to large institutions and charitable trusts and foundations-can choose to invest for good by putting their money into organisations that create positive social impact and a financial return. In the long term we want this to become the norm: a third pillar of funding, alongside traditional giving and public service income.
	The Big Society Bank will play a crucial part in catalysing the development of this market, and some of its functions will be in place in April 2011. And we will now work with leading social investment experts to develop a proposal for the establishment of the Big Society Bank as an independent private sector organisation, with its social mission locked-in. The Bank will act as a wholesaler to build the market and leverage in new finance. It will operate in a transparent way, publishing annual accounts including details of the financial and social impact of its investments, and it will be financially self-sufficient-able, in time, to cover its operating costs and make investments in line with its core mission. The Bank will also act as a champion for the social investment market, offering advice and assistance, and acting as a vital portal to connect social ventures with sources of investment.
	Alongside establishing the Big Society Bank, action being taken by Government-to open up public services to a wider range of providers; to empower communities to purchase and run local assets; to review the effectiveness of the current fiscal, regulatory and legal framework for social investment; and to provide financial and other support for social ventures to build their business capability-will help create the right conditions for the market to thrive and grow.
	Government and the Big Society Bank cannot achieve this alone, so the strategy also calls on others to play their part. Social ventures and other civil society organisations will need to be willing to explore new forms of financing, and prove that they have financially sustainable business models. Existing specialist intermediaries will have a critical role in developing their product ranges and support, and will need to compete with new intermediaries entering the market. Charitable trusts and foundations are in a good position to free up a portion of their investment and endowment assets, which account for nearly £95 billion, for social investment. We look to mainstream financial institutions to dedicate resources to create new products, to build expertise and to leverage their distribution networks. And ultimately, we want individual citizens to start to see social investment as a core savings proposition.
	Taken together this framework for action and the establishment of the Big Society Bank will enable the great work being carried out by the innovative, committed people and organisations across the UK to have a major impact in building a better, stronger society.

Cabinet Office: DEL

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: My right honourable friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General (Francis Maude) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the Spring Supplementary Estimate 2010-11, the Cabinet Office total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £17,630,000 from £559,087,000 to £576,717,000. The impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000) Winter Supplementary Estimate DEL Changes Spring Supplementary Estimate New DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Total Voted Non-voted Total Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 365,394 150,181 515,575 +1,564 +471 +2,035 366,958 150,652 517,610 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration Budget 225,317 10,400 235,717 -11,912 +512 -11,400 213,405 10,912 224,317 
			 Capital DEL** 69,137 2,000 71,137 +15,501 +94 +15,595 84,638 2,094 86,732 
			 Depreciation* -27,625 - -27,625 - - - -27,625 - -27,625 
			 Total DEL 406,906 152,181 559,087 +17,065 +565 +17,630 423,971 152,746 576,717 
		
	
	*Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	**Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	Summary of Changes in Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL)
	The change in the resource element of DEL is an increase of £2,035,000 which comprises: £6,172,000 agreed claims on the Reserve, £4,137,000 reduction for transfers to Capital DEL.
	The change in the capital element of DEL is an increase of £15,595,000 which comprises £11,458,000 Capital DEL End Year Flexibility drawdown and transfers from resource to capital for £4,137,000.
	Changes in Resource DEL (RDEL)
	The changes which result in a net increase in Resource DEL (RDEL) of £2,035,000 are as follows:
	agreed claims on the Reserve £6,172,000;
	a claim on the Reserve for v Match Funding increases Resource DEL, Net Resource and Net Cash Requirement by £6,172,000;
	transfers from Resource DEL to Capital DEL £4,137,000;
	a transfer from administration expenditure within Resource DEL to Capital DEL to cover the costs for small projects of £728,000. Net Resource Requirement will reduce by £728,000 and Net Cash Requirement remain the same;
	a transfer from Resource DEL administration expenditure to Capital DEL to cover expenditure on projects enhancing the computer system which supports Civil Service Pensions for £350,000. Net Resource Requirement will reduce by £350,000 and Net Cash Requirement remain the same;
	a transfer from administration expenditure within Resource DEL to Capital DEL to cover the costs for small projects £750,000. Net Resource Requirement will reduce by £750,000 and Net Cash Requirement remain the same;
	a transfer within Directgov from administration expenditure within Resource DEL to Capital DEL to cover expenditure on Directgov channel development projects was identified as capital as part of work to comply with IFRS for £2,215,000. Net Resource Requirement will reduce by £2,215,000 and Net Cash Requirement remain the same; and
	a switch from non-voted programme expenditure within Resource DEL to Capital DEL to cover additional non-voted capital expenditure to eNDPBs decreases RDEL by £94,000. Net Resource Requirement and Net Cash Requirement remain the same.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: DEL

Baroness Rawlings: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (Jeremy Hunt) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval, the Department for Culture Media and Sport's Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £88,500,000 from £1,996,963,000 to £2,085,463,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resource and capital are set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000) Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 8,910 54,650 99,773 1,514,870 1,614,643 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget - - 51,488 - 51,488 
			 Capital† -60 25,000 -643,466 1,242,392 598,926 
			 Less Depreciation†† - - -7,500 -120,606 -128,106 
			 Total 8,850 79,650 -551,193 2,636,656 2,085,463 
		
	
	† Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	†† Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the Resource element of the DEL arises from:
	Take-up of £18,000,000 End Year flexibility comprising: (£10,000,000) for Museums and Galleries, and (£8,000,000) for Broadcasting; claims on the Reserve totalling £56,000,000 comprising budgetary cover (£48,000,000) in respect of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, (£5,000,000) for the Listed Places of Worship Scheme and (£3,000,000) for costs associated with the sale of the Tote, and an agreed transfer of £60k from to Capital to Resource DEL to correct a misalignment of funds in the Winter Supplementary Estimate, partially offset by transfers to other Government Departments of £10,500,000, (£8,000,000) to support Stage 2 Devolution in Northern Ireland and (£2,500,000) to Department for Communities and Local Government for the Ordnance Survey contribution.
	The Capital element of the DEL has increased by £24,940,000 as a result of:
	The drawdown of £25,000,000 End Year Flexibility (EYF) for the Museums and galleries; and
	an agreed transfer of £60k from Capital to Resource DEL to correct a misalignment of funds in the Winter Supplementary Estimate.

Department for Education: DEL

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: My honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Michael Gove MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Education (DfE) Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £752,963,000 from £57,899,096,000 to £58,652,059,000; the administration cost budget will decrease by £195,000 from £182,003,000 to £181,808,000. The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) which has a separate estimate and DEL, will remain at £190,196,000 with the administration cost budget remaining at £27,337,000. The Office of Qualifications and Examination Regulation (OFQUAL) which also has a separate estimate and DEL, will remain at £23,400,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000) Resources Capital** 
			  Change New DEL Of which: Change New DEL Of which: 
			Voted Non-voted   Voted Non- voted 
			 RfR 1 74,475 49,758,215 39,159,839 10,598,376 446,083 6,763,630 671,693 6,091,937 
			 RfR 2 34,405 1,637,189 1,608,789 28,400 178,000 493,025 493,025 0 
			 DfE Total 108,880 51,395,404 40,768,628 10,626,776 644,083 7,256,655 1,164,718 6,091,937 
			 OFSTED -250 189,946 178,875 11,071 250 250 250 0 
			 OFQUAL 0 17,900 17,300 600 0 5,500 5,500 0 
			 Sub Total 108,630 51,603,250 40,894,808 10,708,442 644,333 7,262,405 1,170,468 6,091,937 
			 Of which Admin Budget -195
			  209,145 204,677 4,468 0 0 0 0  
			 Depreciation* -4,298 -21,435 -17,586 -3,849 0 0 0 0 
			 Total 104,332 51,581,815 40,877,222 10,704,593 644,333 7,262,405 1,170,468 6,091,937 
		
	
	* Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL, in the table above, since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	** Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	Department for Education
	Resource DEL
	The increase in the resource element of the DEL of £108,880,000 arises from a decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL of £2,124,182,000 and an increase of £2,233,062,000 in the non-voted element of resource DEL, mainly in the Department's Arm's-Length Bodies.
	Voted Resource DEL
	The £2,124,182,000 decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from:
	RFR1
	A Machinery of Government transfer to the Ministry of Justice of £195,000 in respect of Administration costs for the Joint Youth Justice Unit. This was a joint project between the Department for Education and the Ministry of Justice. Responsibility for this has been moved entirely to the Ministry of Justice. All Programme costs were transferred in the Winter Supplementary;
	a transfer from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills of £1,000,000 for the Family Learning Impact Fund to recoup unspent funding from 2009-10;
	a transfer from the Ministry of Justice of £250,000 in respect of Think Family Grants funding the Family Intervention Project;
	a switch of £110,000,000 from Resource spending to Capital Grants spending for Schools and Teachers;
	take-up of Departmental End Year Flexibility of £191,000,000 to increase provision for Dedicated Schools Grant;
	a movement from RfR2 of £5,411,000 to fund Free Childcare for Training and Learning for Work spending and to fund the delivery of the Outreach training programme; and
	a movement of £2,246,053,000 to non-voted resource DEL to support the Department's Arm's-Length Bodies.
	RfR2
	Take-up of Departmental End Year Flexibility of £15,000,000 to increase provision for Current Grants to Local Authorities for Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare to promote the physical, intellectual and social development of babies and young people through Sure Start;
	a movement to RfR1 of £5,411,000 to fund Free Childcare for Training and Learning for Work spending and to fund the delivery of the Outreach training programme; and
	a movement from non-voted of £24,816,000 to fund Current Grants to Local Authorities for Sure Start, Yearly Years and Childcare.
	Non-voted resource DEL
	The £2,233,062,000 increase in Non-voted resource DEL arises from:
	RFR1
	A transfer from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills of £11,900,000 for Higher Discretionary Support for 19-24 year olds;
	a transfer to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills of £75,000 to cover transfer costs for British Educational Communications and Technology Agency staff; and
	a movement of £2,246,053,000 from voted resource to support the Department's Arm's-Length Bodies.
	RFR2
	A movement of £24,816,000 to voted resource to fund Current Grants to Local Authorities for Sure Start, Yearly Years and Childcare.
	Capital DEL
	The increase in the capital element of the DEL of £644,083,000 arises from an increase in the voted element of capital DEL of £607,219,000 and an increase of £36,864,000 non-voted element of capital DEL.
	Voted Capital DEL
	The £607,219,000 increase in the voted element of capital DEL arises from:
	RFR1
	A switch of £110,000,000 from Resource spending to Capital Grants spending for Schools and Teachers;
	a transfer from the Department for Work and Pensions of £460,000 in respect of Government Connect;
	take-up of Departmental End Year Flexibility of £84,192,000 to increase provision for Capital Grants to Local Authorities to Support Children and Families;
	take-up of Departmental End Year Flexibility of £228,000,000 to increase provision for Schools and Teachers; and
	a movement from non-voted of £6,567,000 to fund Children and Families.
	RfR2
	Take-up of Departmental End Year Flexibility of £178,000,000 to promote the physical, intellectual and social development of babies and young people through Sure Start.
	Non-voted Capital DEL
	The £36,864,000 increase in the non-voted element of capital DEL arises from:
	Take-up of Departmental End Year Flexibility of £43,431,000 to support the Department's Arm's-Length Bodies; and
	a movement to voted of £6,567,000 to fund Children and Families.
	Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
	The main change to Ofsted's Resource relates to the drawn down of £3.7m Departmental Unallocated Provision. This additional Resource will be used to support Ofsted's regulation and inspection activities. Resource of £0.25m has also been transferred to Capital. This will enable Ofsted to invest in capital assets including IT equipment.
	Office of Qualifications and Examination Regulation
	There has been no change in overall DEL limits within the Spring Supplementary.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: DEL

Lord Henley: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State (Caroline Spelman) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £45,893,000 (1.67%) from £2,755,111,000 to £2,801,004,000. The Administration Budget will remain unchanged at £282,088,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000) Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Total Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource -11,848 27,591 15,743 3,695,767 -1,262,951 2,432,816 
			 of which:   
			 Administration Budget - - - 282,088 - 282,088 
			 Capital -150 30,300 30,150 122,977 454,887 577,864 
			 Depreciation* - - - -100,441 -109,235 -209,676 
			 Total -11,998 57,891 45,893 3,718,303 -917,299 2,801,004 
		
	
	*Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the resource element of the DEL of £15,743,000 arises from:
	a transfer of £172,000 to the Department of Energy and Climate Change for information services at the Committee for Climate Change;
	a transfer of £65,000 to the Ministry of Justice for the Tribunal Service relating to appeals for civil sanctions;
	a transfer of £130,000 to Defra from the Department for International Development for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture;
	a transfer of £46,000,000 from the 2011-12 ring-fenced EU disallowance provision to cover pressures in the 2010-11 budget which have arisen due to the timing of when the disallowance payments are accrued;
	a transfer of £30,000,000 from Resource to Capital DEL for the Environment Agency (EA) in respect of flood defences where the exact nature and classification of the expenditure is determined by EA as they undertake the work; and
	a transfer of £150,000 from Resource to Capital DEL payments for the Fallen Stock Company.
	There has also been a transfer within the resource element of the DEL of £11,591,000 from voted to non-voted.
	£16,377,000 relating to budget transfers from the core Department (voted) to the Department's Non Departmental Public Bodies (non-voted), mainly Natural England, EA and the Joint Nature and Conservation Committee; and
	£4,786,000 relates to increases in income and expenditure for the Rural Payments Agency scheme payments. This change is DEL-neutral, but the expenditure is classed as voted, whereas the income is classed as non-voted consolidated fund extra receipts.
	There is no change in the depreciation budget.
	The change in the capital element of the DEL of £30,150,000 arises from:
	a transfer of £30,000,000 from Resource to Capital DEL for EA in respect of flood defences where the exact nature and classification of the expenditure is determined by EA as they undertake the work; and
	a transfer of £150,000 from Resource to Capital DEL payments for the Fallen Stock Company.
	There has also been a transfer within the capital element of the DEL of £300,000 from voted to non-voted relating to a budget transfer from the core Department (voted) to the Marine Management Organisation, a non-voted Non Departmental Public Body.

Department for International Development: DEL

Baroness Verma: My honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development (Mr Andrew Mitchell) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for International Development's departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £1,218,000 from £7,544,104,000 to £7,545,322,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000) Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 68,482 -77,438 5,091,693 908,190 5,999,883 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget -2,658 2,432 151,986 5,432 157,418 
			 Capital DEL* 25,264 -19,264 1,762,265 -200,000 1,562,265 
			 Less Depreciation** 4,174 - -16,826 - -16,826 
			 Total DEL 97,920 -96,702 6,837,132 708,190 7,545,322 
		
	
	* Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and Accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	** Depreciation, which forms part of the resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL, since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of these assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the Resource element of DEL arises from:
	Voted
	Transfers out to other government departments, including those relating to the jointly managed Conflict Prevention Pool and Aid Stabilisation Fund. This sits on Department for International Development's baseline but is shared between Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence. Budget transfers relate to expenditure managed by these other government departments.
	-£1,118,000: -£1,000,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of the joint Conflict Prevention Pool (RfR2).-£59,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of the joint Stabilisation Unit (RfR2).-£59,000 transferred to the Ministry of Defence in respect of the joint Stabilisation Unit. (RfR2)
	
		
			 Use of Departmental Unallocated Provision £106,790,000 
			 Increase in EC Attribution -£23,045,000 
			 Increase in utilisation of provisions -£8,145,000 
			 Transfer to CDEL -£6,000,000 
			 Subtotal voted 68,482,000 
		
	
	Non-voted
	Transfers out to other government departments, including those relating to the jointly managed Conflict Prevention Pool and Aid Stabilisation Fund. This sits on Department for International Development's baseline but is shared between Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence. Budget transfers relate to expenditure managed by these other government departments.
	-£1,838,000: -£1,400,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of Conflict Prevention for Afghanistan.-£200,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of the UK India Collaboration on Energy Efficiency and Trading.-£130,000 transferred to DEFRA in respect of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources. -£108,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of Conflict Prevention for Africa.
	
		
			 Use of Departmental Unallocated Provision 106,790,000 
			 Increase in EC Attributed £23,045,000 
			 Increase in utilisation of £8,145,000 
			 Subtotal non voted -£77,438,000 
			 Total reductions in RDEL -8,956,000 
		
	
	The change in the Capital element of DEL arises from:
	Voted
	
		
			 Transfer from RDEL 6,000,000 
			 Use of Departmental Unallocated Provision 19,264,000 
			 Subtotal £25,264,000 
		
	
	Non-voted
	
		
			 Use of Departmental Unallocated Provision 19,264,000 
			 Subtotal non voted -£19,264,000 
			 Total increases in CDEL 6,000,000

Department for Work and Pensions: DEL

Lord Freud: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Iain Duncan Smith) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Work and Pensions Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit will increase by £276,605,000 to £9,006,823,000 and the Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit will increase by £81,565,000 to £324,617,000. The Administration budget will decrease by £233,105,000 to £5,843,600,000.
	
		
			 (£,000) Change New Departmental Expenditure Limit 
			  Voted Non-voted Total Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 1,113,922 -837,317 276,605 6,713,147 2,293,676 9,006,823 
			 of which:   
			 Administration 560,895 -794,000 -233,105 5,104,451 739,149 5,843,600 
			 Near-cash 1,113,891 -837,286 276,605 6,455,236 2,292,873 8,748,109 
			 Capital 120,955 -39,390 81,565 312,179 12,438 324,617 
			 Depreciation1 31 -31 0 254,911 803 255,714 
			 Total DEL 1,234,846 -876,676 358,170 6,770,415 2,305,311 9,075,726 
		
	
	1 Depreciation, which forms part of resource Departmental Expenditure Limit, is excluded from the total Departmental Expenditure Limit since the capital Departmental Expenditure Limit includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit
	The change in the resource element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit arises from:
	Request for Resources 1
	i. A decrease in resource of £5,000,000 (Administration) offset by an increase in Capital.
	Request for Resources 2
	ii. A reserve claim of £74,000,000 (Other Current) to support expenditure incurred on measures set out in the 2008 Pre Budget Report.
	iii. A reserve claim of £14,349,000 (£6,069,000 Administration and £8,280,000 Other Current) to support expenditure on Spend to Save measures.
	iv. A reserve claim of £19,000,000 (Administration) from the department's Modernisation Fund.
	v. £2,100,000 (Administration) received from the Department for Communities and Local Government to reflect a reduction in European Social Fund programme activity by the Government Office Network.
	Request for Resources 3
	vi. A reserve claim of £6,000,000 (Administration) from the department's Modernisation Fund.
	vii. A reserve claim of £7,602,000 (Administration) to support expenditure on Spend to Save measures.
	viii. A reserve claim of £1,000,000 (Other Current) to support expenditure incurred on measures focussing on delivering savings through reduced overpayments within Disability Living Allowance claims as set out in the Pre Budget Report 2009.
	Request for Resources 5
	ix. A reserve claim of £58,000,000 (Administration) from the department's Modernisation Fund.
	x. A reserve claim of £3,749,000 (Administration) to support expenditure on Spend to Save measures.
	xi. A reserve claim of £99,000,000 (Other Current) to support expenditure on Staff Exits.
	xii. An increase in resource of £5,000,000 (Administration) offset by a decrease in Capital.
	Movements between Voted and Non-Voted Budgets
	xiii. An increase in voted funding offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of, for RfR2 £591,600,000 (£303,670,000 Administration and £287,930,000 Other Current) and for RfR5 £78,000 (Administration) resulting from accessing funds held in the Departmental Unallocated Provision which were provided in the 2009 Budget.
	xiv. An increase in voted funding offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of £85,805,000 (£46,305,000 Administration and £39,500,000 Other Current) as a result of accessing funds held in the Departmental Unallocated Provision which were provided in the Welfare Reform White Paper.
	xv. A decrease in non-voted funding of £3,687,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £3,687,000 relating to decreased expenditure by Working Ventures (UK) Limited.
	xvi. A decrease in non-voted funding of £67,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £67,000 relating to decreased expenditure by the Independent Living Fund.
	xvii. An increase in non-voted funding of £739,000 offset by a decrease in voted funding of £739,000 relating to increase expenditure by the Financial Assistance Scheme.
	xviii. A decrease in non-voted funding of £1,730,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £1,730,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Pensions Regulator.
	xix. A decrease in non-voted funding of £38,521,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £38,521,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority.
	xx. A decrease in non-voted funding of £51,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £51,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Office of the Pensions Ombudsman.
	xxi. An increase in voted funding offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of £30,400,000 (Administration) as a result of accessing funds held in the Departmental Unallocated Provision which were not allocated to a specific work programme at the time of the SR07 Settlement.
	Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit
	The change in the capital element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit arises from:
	Request for Resources 1
	xxii. An increase in Capital of £5,000,000 offset by a decrease in Resource.
	Request for Resources 2
	xxiii. A reserve claim of £3,300,000 to support expenditure on Spend to Save measures.
	Request for Resources 5
	xxiv. A reserve claim of £72,000,000 from the department's Modernisation Fund.
	xxv. A decrease in Capital of £5,000,000 offset by an increase in Resource.
	xxvi. A budget transfer of £1,470,000 to the Department for Communities and Local Government in respect of the Government Connect Project.
	xxvii. A budget transfer of £460,000 to the Department for Education in respect of the Government Connect Project.
	Movements between Voted and Non-Voted Budgets
	xxviii. An increase in voted capital funding of £8,195,000 offset by a decrease in non-voted resource funding of £8,195,000 as a result of accessing funds held in the Departmental Unallocated Provision which were provided in the Welfare Reform White Paper.
	xxix. A decrease in non-voted capital funding of £9,000 offset by an increase in voted capital funding of £9,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Pensions Regulator.
	xxx. A decrease in non-voted capital funding of £39,181,000 offset by an increase in voted capital funding of £39,181,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority.
	xxxi. A decrease in non-voted capital funding of £200,000 offset by an increase in voted capital funding of £200,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Office of the Pensions Ombudsman.
	Administration Costs
	The movement in the Administration Cost limit arises from the changes to the Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit as noted in items i, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, ix, x, xii, xiii, xiv, xxi, and xxviii above.

Department of Energy and Climate Change: DEL

Lord Henley: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Chris Huhne) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department of Energy and Climate Change Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will increase by £154,009,000 from £3,112,598,000 to £3,266,607,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000) Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-Voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 47,622 25,395 454,820 835,759 1,290,579 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration Budget 9,855 - 117,939 - 117,939 
			 Capital DEL † -768 85,000 724,751 1,263,182 1,987,933 
			 Less Depreciation †† -4,529 1,289 -7,516 -4,389 -11,905 
			 Total DEL 42,325 111,684 1,172,055 2,094,552 3,266,607 
		
	
	† Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	†† Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL in the table above, since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	Resource DEL
	The increase in the Resource element of the DEL of £73,017,000 arises from an increase in the voted element of Resource DEL of £47,622,000 and an increase of £25,395,000 in the non-voted element of Resource DEL.
	Voted Resource DEL
	The £47,622,000 increase in the voted element of Resource DEL arises from:
	the take-up of End Year Flexibility of £43,000,000 for Carbon Capture and Storage FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) costs;
	the take-up of Administration End Year Flexibility of £9,855,000 for the administration costs of consumer levies;
	a transfer to non-voted Resource DEL of £5,223,000; and
	a transfer to the Northern Ireland Executive of £10,000 for Low Carbon Buildings Programme Barnett consequentials.
	Non-voted Resource DEL
	The £25,395,000 increase in non-voted Resource DEL arises from:
	the take-up of End Year Flexibility of £20,000,000 for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority;
	a transfer from voted Resource DEL of £5,223,000; and
	a transfer from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of £172,000 for the Committee on Climate Change.
	Capital DEL
	The increase in the Capital element of the DEL of £84,232,000 arises from a decrease in the voted element of Capital DEL of £768,000 and an increase of £85,000,000 in the non-voted element of Capital DEL.
	Voted Capital DEL
	The £768,000 decrease in the voted element of Capital DEL arises from:
	an increase of £1,000,000 in non-operating appropriations-in-aid for Energy Efficiency Loan repayments formerly scored as Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts;
	a transfer from the Ministry of Justice of £337,000 for the repayment of Energy Efficiency Loan paid as Grant to the National Offender Management Service; and
	a transfer to the Northern Ireland Executive of £105,000 for Low Carbon Buildings Programme Barnett consequentials.
	Non-voted Capital DEL
	The £85,000,000 increase in the non-voted element of Capital DEL arises from:
	the take-up of End Year Flexibility of £84,000,000 for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; and
	A decrease of £1,000,000 in Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts for Energy Efficiency Loan repayments, now scored as non-operating appropriations-in-aid.
	Administration budget
	The increase of £9,855,000 in the Administration Budget arises from:
	The take-up of End Year Flexibility of £9,855,000 for the administration costs of consumer levies.
	Ofgem: DEL
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office of Gas and Electricity Market's DEL will decrease by £250,000 from £1,351,000 to £1,101,000 and the administration budget will decrease by £250,000 from £1,401,000 to £1,151,000.
	
		
			 (£,000) Change New DEL 
			  Voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL -250 451 700 1,151 
			 Of which: 
			 Administration budget -250 451 700 1,151 
			 Capital DEL * 0 950 0 950 
			 Less Depreciation ** 0 -1000 0 -1000 
			 Total DEL -250 401 700 1,101 
		
	
	* Capital DEL includes items treated as Resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	** Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from Total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The decrease of £250,000 in the Administration Budget within the Resource element of the DEL arises from a switch to Annually Managed Expenditure to cover take-up and utilisation of provisions.
	There is no change in the capital element of the DEL.

Disabled People: Blue Badge Scheme

Earl Attlee: My right honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Norman Baker) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
	I am today publishing the Government's plans for reforming the blue badge (disabled parking) scheme. The measures that I am announcing will help those who rely on blue badges for mobility reasons. The measures will tackle rising levels of fraud and abuse, and will ensure both that badges are issued more fairly and that the scheme remains sustainable in the long term for those who rely on it most. These reforms will be delivered as soon as possible, and many within a year.
	The scheme helps over 2.5 million disabled people in England retain their independence, by enabling them to park close to jobs, services and facilities. However, very few changes have been made to the scheme since it was established in the 1970s. We have listened to the views of badge holders, the general public, disabled people's groups and local authorities, and it is evident that the scheme needs to be modernised to reduce current problems and deal with future challenges.
	I want to ensure that the scheme focuses better on those whom it was intended to benefit. In particular, this means targeting those people who misuse and abuse it to the disadvantage of genuine badge holders. Secondly, this means ensuring that people have fair and equal access to the concession and the benefits it offers, regardless of where they live.
	We are providing improved powers for local authorities to tackle abuse and fraud. This includes extending the grounds available to local authorities to refuse to issue and to withdraw badges and providing local authorities with a power to cancel badges that have been lost, stolen, have expired, or have been withdrawn for misuse. We are also providing local authority-authorised officers with an on-the-spot power to recover badges that have been cancelled or misused. We propose to amend existing legislation to clarify wrongful use of a badge and the powers to inspect badges.
	To prevent abuse from happening in the first place and to deal with rising levels of fraud and abuse, we are implementing a new badge design that is harder to copy, forge and alter. Arrangements for printing, personalising and distributing the badge are also being changed and will enable more effective monitoring of cancelled, lost and stolen badges.
	We are establishing, with local authorities, a common service delivery project which could deliver operational efficiency savings of up to £20 million per year, help to reduce and prevent abuse and improve customer services. The project will also make available an online application facility that should result in faster, more automatic renewals for people whose circumstances do not change between renewal periods.
	In order to ensure that badges are issued more fairly and consistently across the country, we are amending legislation to require wider use of independent mobility assessments to determine eligibility, including where previously that assessment was carried out by a GP. To support this, we are providing local authorities with control of the current National Health Service spend on blue badge assessments. In addition, new good practice guidance will be issued to local authorities to help them make improvements in scheme administration and eligibility assessment.
	We are extending eligibility for a badge to some other people, to address current anomalies and issues of fairness. Eligibility is being extended to more disabled children between the ages of two and three with specific medical conditions and we are providing continuous automatic entitlement to a badge to severely disabled service personnel and veterans. We also intend to remove residency requirements for disabled service personnel and their families who are posted overseas on UK bases. This will enable them to apply for a badge.
	To help cover costs more appropriately and to enable the delivery of a new badge design and the common service improvement project, we are raising the maximum fee for a badge that local authorities can charge from the £2 that it has been for nearly 30 years, to £10. The average benefit for badge holders from having a badge (and not having to pay parking charges) is estimated to be £300 over the three years for which most badges are valid. In return, badge holders will benefit from less abuse, improved accessibility and better customer services.
	I am also publishing today, a summary of responses to a public consultation on the scheme.

Employment

Lord Freud: My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Employment (Chris Grayling) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	The Government have previously announced their plans for radical reform of the welfare to work system, starting with the nationwide implementation of the Work Programme by the summer of 2011.
	Until the Work Programme is implemented in June 2011, DWP's top priority is to ensure that claimants are properly supported during the transition. I am therefore pleased to announce we intend to extend referrals to existing mainstream support for jobseekers (New Deals and Flexible New Deal) until June 2011.
	Jobseekers referred to existing contracts up to this point will receive a minimum 13 weeks provision and will subsequently be able to volunteer for early entry to the Work Programme.
	We will also be extending progress2work contracts, taking into consideration current performance when agreeing the extensions.
	We will also be putting in place a new system of flexible and personalised support for ESA claimants to cover the interim period.
	As current support is a patchwork of contracts, across different dates and contract areas, transition arrangements will inevitably need to be tailored to local circumstances. However, the contract extensions we are aiming to agree will mean nobody will be unsupported in the transition to the Work Programme.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: DEL

Lord Howell of Guildford: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (William Hague) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £75,228,000 from the £2,223,026,000 in the Winter Supplementary Estimate to £2,298,254,000. The administration budget will be increased by £6,059,000 from the £484,698,000 in the Winter Supplementary Estimate to £490,757,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000) Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 97,069 -15,000 2,221,450 14,000 2,235,450 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget 21,059 -15,000 489,127 1,630 490,757 
			 Capital* -841 - 167,854 - 167,854 
			 Depreciation** -6,000 - -105,050 - -105,050 
			 Total 90,228 -15,000 2,284,254 14,000 2,298,254 
		
	
	* Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	** Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	Voted and Non-voted Resource DEL has increased from £2,153,381,000 in the Winter Supplementary Estimate to £2,235,450,000. The administration and programme elements of this net increase are set out below:
	Request for Resources 1
	Administration
	Take-up of £6,000,000 Administration EYF in respect of Non-Cash Depreciation; transfer of £59,000 Administration from the Department for International Development in respect of a refund for the Stabilisation Unit; take-up of £15,000,000 Departmental Unallocated Provision from Non-Voted DEL;
	Total voted administration changes amounting to £21,059,000 result in a Voted Resource increase on the Winter Supplementary from £468,068,000 to £489,127,000.
	A reduction in non-voted administration of £15,000,000 due to take-up of Departmental Unallocated Provision.
	Total non-voted administration decreases amounting to £15,000,000 result in a Non-Voted Resource DEL decrease on the Winter Supplementary from £16,630,000 to £1,630,000.
	Programme
	A claim on the Reserve of £30,000,000 Programme costs in respect of Consular Premiums; a claim on the Reserve of £43,000,000 current grants in respect the International Subscriptions cost sharing agreement; a transfer of £200,000 current grants from the FCO to the Ministry of Justice in respect of the costs associated with victims of overseas terrorism; and a transfer of £200,000 Programme from the Department for International Development in respect of UK-India Collaboration on Energy Efficiency and Trading.
	Request for Resources 2
	Programme
	A claim on the Reserve of £556,000 for take-up of the balance of the Peacekeeping fund;a transfer of £1,400,000 from the Department for International Development to the FCO in respect of Conflict Prevention; a transfer of £1,000,000 from the Department for International Development to the FCO in respect of the Conflict Pool;a transfer of £108,000 from the Department for International Development to the FCO in respect of Conflict Prevention Activity; andtransfer of £54,000 to the Security Intelligence Agencies for expansion and capability.
	Total voted administration and programme changes amounting to £97,069,000 result in a Voted Resource DEL increase on the Winter Supplementary from £2,124,381,000 to £2,221,450,000.
	Total Non-Voted administration and programme decreases amounting to £15,000,000 result in a Non-Voted Resource DEL decrease on the Winter Supplementary from £29,000,000 to £14,000,000.
	Capital
	A transfer of £841,000 capital from the FCO to the Identity and Passport Office in respect of a contribution towards the Online Passport Application System.
	Total voted Capital DEL has decreased by £841,000 from £168,695,000 in the Winter Supplementary to £167,854,000. We have no non-Voted Capital DEL.
	The sum of all these changes to our Resource and Capital DEL minus depreciation is to make our Total Voted and Non-Voted DEL £2,298,254,000.

Government Actuary's Department: DEL

Lord Sassoon: My honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mark Hoban) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Government Actuary's Department total DEL will be increased by £387,000 from £299,000 to £686,000. Within the total DEL change the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000) Change  New DEL   
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 127 95 554 101 655 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration budget 127 95 554 101 655 
			 Capital DEL 72 - 284 - 284 
			 Less Depreciation† 93 - -253 - -253 
			 Total DEL 292 95 585 101 686 
		
	
	† Depreciation which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from Total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:
	an increase in administration expenditure of £2,846,000 from £12,619,000 to £15,465,000;
	an increase in Appropriations in Aid provision of £2,719,000 from £12,192,000 to £14,911,000. Due to a policy decision GAD will be unable to generate sufficient income to remain within the net resource limit and a reserve claim of £300,000 to meet this shortfall is included which will be deducted from next year's DEL total; and
	an increase in non-voted DEL of £95,000 from £6,000 to £101,000 to cover the cash effect of payments made against two provisions for on-going early retirement and injury benefit costs under the Civil Service Injury Benefit Scheme.
	The change in the capital element of DEL arises from a budget switch of £72,000 from non-staff resource DEL expenditure.

Government Olympic Executive: Annual Report

Baroness Garden of Frognal: My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (Hugh Robertson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	I am publishing today the Government Olympic Executive's annual report-GOE London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Annual Report February 2011. This report explains the latest budget position as at 31 December 2010, and outlines the many wider economic, sporting and social legacy benefits to the UK.
	The overall public sector funding package for the Games remains at £9.298 billion following the Spending Review announcement on 20 October 2010. The funding package will, however, be reconfigured from April 2011 to make provisions for operational requirements, reflecting the changing focus of the programme from construction to operational delivery. Also from April 2011, government funding for the programme-excluding security which sits with the Home Office and other Government Departments-will be held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
	The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games remain on time and within budget. The Olympic Delivery Authority's (ODA) anticipated final cost (AFC) now stands at £7.301 billion, which includes additional funding of £57 million for park operations. Park operations are the additional responsibilities taken on by the ODA for the operation of the Olympic Park and its venues and facilities between 2011 and the handover to legacy owners by 2014. On a like-for- like basis, excluding the park operations budget, the current AFC has increased by £12 million from that of 30 September 2010. The £12 million increase is a consequence of several movements across the programme including forecast savings on the Olympic Stadium, security and logistics, offset by forecast increases for infrastructure such as utilities and landscaping.
	Around £0.5 billion of contingency remains available for programme-wide risks. A total of over £780 million in savings has been achieved by the ODA since November 2007.
	The ODA continues to make strong progress in preparing the venues and infrastructure in the Olympic Park, with 79 per cent of the programme to the 2012 Games now completed. The Olympic stadium is structurally complete with the cable net roof covered, all 14 lighting towers in place and all spectator seats installed. The aquatics centre permanent structure and roof are in place, with the structures of the temporary seating stands for Games-time spectators nearing completion. The velodrome remains on target to be the first Olympic Park sporting venue to be finished later this month. The structures of the handball and basketball arenas are now completed, with work progressing on the venues' interiors. The structures of the international broadcast centre, main press centre and multi-storey car park are all complete. Recent milestones of the project include the completion of the first brand new venue, the Lee Valley White Water Centre at Broxbourne and the official turning on of the Olympic Stadium lights by the Prime Minister and Mayor of London. As of December 2010, over 12,000 people were working on the Olympic Park and Olympic Village.
	In December 2010, the Government published a Legacy Plan, which sets out the legacy vision for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the detailed plans underpinning it. The Government are committed to making the most of the Games for the whole of the UK. They have identified four areas to focus on: harnessing the UK's passion for sport to increase grassroots participation, particularly by young people, and to encourage the whole population to be more physically active; exploiting to the full the opportunities for economic growth offered by hosting the Games; promoting community engagement and achieving participation across all groups in society through the Games; and ensuring that the Olympic Park can be developed after the Games as one of the principal drivers of regeneration in East London.
	I would like to commend this report to the members of both Houses and thank them for their continued interest in and support for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
	Copies of the GOE annual report February 2011 are available online at www.culture.gov.uk and will be deposited in the Libraries of both Houses.

HM Revenue and Customs: DEL

Lord Sassoon: My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (David Gauke) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the Supplementary Estimate, the HM Revenue & Customs total DEL will be increased by £12,000,000 from £3,706,342,000 to £3,718,342,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000) Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 47,000 - 3,358,284 425,976 3,784,260 
			 of which:  
			 Administration Budget † 45,000 - 3,631,418 79,437 3,710,855 
			 Capital -35,000 - 176,549 - 176,549 
			 Less Depreciation †† - - -242,467 - -242,467 
			 Total DEL 12,000 - 3,292,366 425,976 3,718,342 
		
	
	† The total of 'Administration Budget' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
	†† Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:
	reserve claim of £12,500,000 Administration (approved by CST) to fund the use of debt collection agencies in tackling £500m of tax debt;
	decrease of £2,500,000 Administration due to a budgetary cover transfer to Communities and Local Government to fund Opendata (Ordnance Survey mapping services);
	£2,000,000 EYF claim for Programme funds (approved by CST) to cover work on the Contracts Finder portal (formerly Glover portal) in connection with the Business.gov website; and
	£35,000,000 funds transfer from Capital to Resource DEL (Administration), to correct the alignment of HMRC's share of the austerity savings recorded at the Main Estimate.
	The change in the Administration budget arises from the specific administration items detailed in the resource element above.
	The change in the capital element of DEL arises from:
	£35,000,000 funds transfer from Capital to Resource DEL (Administration), to correct the alignment of HMRC's share of the austerity savings recorded at the Main Estimate.

HM Treasury: DEL

Lord Sassoon: My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Justine Greening) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the Spring Supplementary Estimate, HM Treasury's Resource DEL will be increased by £14,148,000 from £180,063,000 to £200,231,000. The Administration Budget will be increased by £12,724,000 from £137,594,000 to £150,318,000. The impact on resources, including the administration budget is set out in the following table:
	
		
			  Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 26,063,000 -11,915 178,422,000 21,809,000 200,231,000 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget 22,923,000 -10,199 149,408,000 910 150,318,000 
			 Capital* 3,299 -3,400 48,599,000 - 48,599,000 
			 Less: Depreciation** - - -6,725,000 - -6,725,000 
			 Total 29,362,000 -15,315 220,296,000 21,809,000 242,105,000 
		
	
	* Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	** Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The net increase in resource DEL of £14,148,000 is the net effect of the take up of Administration Budget (£2,400,000) and Programme (£1,600,000) EYF in RfR 1 Section A to fund the costs of the increased workload which includes the funding of various new Treasury related bodies and the draw down from the Modernisation Fund of £7,598,000 administration costs to fund costs associated with the Fast Forward IT project. There is also a transfer of £5,552,000 from capital to resources to fund the increased workload pressures.
	As a result of the Machinery of Government (MoG) transfer of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), £3,002,000 (£2,826,000 administration and £176,000 programme) is being transferred to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to reflect the transfer of responsibility for the Government Property and Facilities Management teams.
	Additionally there are movements from non-voted to voted spending within the DEL total to reflect the drawdown of Departmental Unallocated Provision (DUP) of £709,000 administration and £1,716,000 programme and the reallocation of an underspend on utilisation of provision of £9,490,000 to voted spending.
	The Administration Budget is increasing by £12,724,000, which is the net effect of the EYF take up (£2,400,000), draw down from the Modernisation Fund (£7,598,000), a transfer from capital (£5,552,000) and the MoG transfer (£2,826,000) of OGC to BIS.
	The capital DEL decreases by £101,000 which is the net result of the draw down of £5,451,000 from the Modernisation Fund to cover spending on the Fast Forward IT project less a transfer to resources of £5,552,000. Additionally, voted DEL is being increased by £3,400,000 following the take-up of DUP.

Home Office: DEL

Baroness Neville-Jones: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Home Office's Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2010-11 will be reduced by £46,805,000 from £9,975,064,000 to £9,928,259,000 and the administration budget will be reduced by £2,722,000 from £392,510,000 to £389,788,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table
	
		
			 (£,000) Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 130,196 (116,318) 8,529,448 903,767 9,433,215 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget 38,009 (40,731) 251,214 138,574 389,788 
			 Capital DEL† 15,970 (2,129) 604,431 173,632 778,063 
			 Less Depreciation†† (73,749) (775) (224,778) (58,241) (283,019) 
			 Total DEL 72,417 (119,222) 8,909,101 1,019,158 9,928,259 
		
	
	† Capital DEL includes items treated as Resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	†† Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from Total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	
		
			 (£,000)
			 (a) Total o/w Non cash ringfence o/w Admin 
			 The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from: 13,878 74,524 (2,722) 
			 Transfers from other government departments: 10 0 10 
			 Admin from the Ministry of Justice to the UK Border Agency (section D) for training on how to restrain people on aircraft. 10  10 
			 Transfers to other government departments: (3,132) (386) (2,732) 
			 Admin from Central Services (section F) to the Ministry of Justice for shared accommodation costs.. (2,556) (210) (2,556) 
			 Programme from the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (section C) to the Ministry of Justice to help victims of overseas terrorism 400   
			 Admin from the Crime and Policing Group (section A) to the Serious Fraud Office for asset write down costs. (176) (176) (176) 
			 End Year Flexibility: 17,000 17,000 0 
			 Programme to section D to meet the UK Border Agency's anticipated non cash costs. 17,000 17,000  
			 Switch from non ringfence to ringfence funds: 0 57,910 0 
			 Within the Departmental Unallocated Provision switch non ringfenced cash to non cash ringfenced funds.  57,910  
		
	
	
		
			 (b) Capital Total 
			 The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from  13,841 
			 End Year Flexibility:  13,000 
			 Capital grants to the Crime and Policing Group (section A) to provide rescue aid to the Forensic Science Service.  13,000 
			 Transfers from other government departments:  7,600 
			 Capital grant from the Ministry of Justice to Central Services (section F) in return for the transfer of Ashley House (see entry under 'Transfers to other government departments' below).  6,759 
			 Capital from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to the Identity and Passport Service (section E) for a contribution towards the purchase of new passport issuing equipment.  841 
			 Transfers to other government departments:  (6,759) 
			 Transfer of Ashley House from Central Services (section F) to the Ministry of Justice in return for a capital grant (see entry under 'Transfers from other government departments' above).  (6,759)

Housing

Baroness Hanham: My right honourable friend the Minister for Housing and Local Government (Grant Shapps) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Further to my Written Statement of 9 December, I am today announcing the publication of the framework for the Government's Affordable Homes Programme for 2011-15. This document is published jointly by my department and the Homes and Communities Agency.
	The Affordable Homes Programme is designed to support the delivery of up to 150,000 new affordable homes through a mixture of new investment (some £4.5 billion over the next four years) and greater flexibility for social housing providers to make the best use of existing and future assets. The new affordable rent model, which will be the principal element of the programme, will make public subsidy go further while also enabling local authorities and providers to target support where it is most needed.
	The framework document invites offers from providers who are interested in participating in the programme. The full document is available at www. homesandcommunities.co.uk/affordable-homes.
	In parallel, my right honourable friend the Minister for Decentralisation has today launched a consultation on a technical revision to Annex B of Planning Policy Statement 3 to make clear that affordable rent falls within the definition of affordable housing for planning purposes. The consultation document is available at www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/pps3annexconsultation.
	In addition, to give providers more certainty over future income, I have today confirmed that the existing inflation-linked formula for annual rent increases in social rented housing will continue to apply throughout the 2011-15 period, as part of the Government's rent restructuring policy.
	Copies of both documents have been placed in the Library of the House.

Ministry of Defence: DEL

Lord Astor of Hever: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Liam Fox) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Ministry of Defence Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) will be increased by £603,289,000 (Voted and Non-Voted) from £37,322,254,000 to £37,925,543,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on Resources and Capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000) Change  New DEL   
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 3,343,915 4,737 38,798,465 608,197 39,406,662 
			 of which:  
			 Administration Budget - - 2,182,586 - 2,182,586 
			 Capital -453,363 - 9,616,845 851 9,617,696 
			 Depreciation * -2,292,000 - -11,089,259 -9,556 -11,098,815 
			 Total 598,552 4,737 37,326,051 599,492 37,925,543 
		
	
	* Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The changes to the resource and capital elements of the DEL arise from:
	Voted Resource DEL increase £3,343,915,000
	RfR1
	an increase of £700,000,000 for additional funding agreed as part of the Spending Review Settlement;to reflect a transfer of £250,000,000 from Capital DEL to Resource DEL within RfR1 relating to Single Use Military Equipment (SUME) flexibility with no overall impact on DEL;additional (non-cash) resource provision of £2,300,000,000 for impairments and write-offs resulting from the Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) stock accounting and verification project; and to increase Non Budget Grants in Aid (Non-Voted) for the National Army Museum of £243,000 and £705,000 for the Council of Reserve Forces and Cadets Association in Land Forces TLB by reducing Resource DEL current costs and increasing Non Budget Grants in Aid with no overall impact on resource.
	RfR2
	to reflect a transfer of £105,363,000 from Capital DEL to Resource DEL within RfR2 relating to SUME flexibility with no overall impact on DEL;to reflect a reduced forecast of £8,000,000 relating to RfR2 non-cash costs;to reduce Voted Resource DEL by £2,500,000 relating to cash release of provisions that has been switched to Non-Voted Resource; andto revise sub-head provisions to reflect Resource and Capital revisions in allocations between Top Level Budget Holders to match required Defence outputs, with no overall impact on DEL.
	Non-Voted Resource DEL increase £4,737,000
	RfR1
	to reflect the Non-Voted impact of an increase Non Budget Grants in Aid (Non-Voted) for the National Army Museum of £243,000 and £705,000 for the Council of Reserve Forces and Cadets Association in Land Forces TLB by reducing Resource DEL current costs and increasing Non Budget Grants in Aid with no overall impact on resource; andto reflect an omitted increase in Non-Voted provision of £1,289,000 for increased Grant-in-Aid funding at Winter Supplementary Estimates.
	RfR2
	to reflect an increase of £2,500,000 in the cash release of provisions forecast relating to RfR2.
	Voted Capital DEL decrease £453,363,000
	RfR1
	to reflect a transfer of £250,000,000 from Capital DEL to Resource DEL within RfR1 relating to SUME flexibility with no overall impact on DEL; andto align Urgent Defence Requirement funding with reduced forecast capital expenditure of £98,000,000.
	RfR2
	to reflect a transfer of £105,363,000 from Capital DEL to Resource DEL within RfR2 relating to SUME flexibility with no overall impact on DEL.the changes to Resource DEL and Capital DEL will lead to an increased net cash requirement of £602,000,000.

National Savings and Investments: DEL

Lord Sassoon: My honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mark Hoban) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, National Savings and Investments Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £3,942,000 to £172,344,000 and Capital DEL will be increased by £1,000,000 to £1,464,000. Within DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000,000) Change New Del Total 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-Voted  
			 Resource Del: 3,942 - 172,344 - 172,344 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration budget: 3,942 - 172,344 - 172,344 
			 Capital* 1,000 - 1,464 - 1,464 
			 Depreciation** - - -2,983 - -2,983 
			 Total 4,942 - 170,825 - 170,825 
		
	
	* Capital DEL includes items treated as Resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	** Depreciation which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the resource and capital elements of DEL arises from the take-up of end-year flexibility.

Northern Ireland Office: DEL

Lord Shutt of Greetland: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Owen Paterson) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any Supplementary Estimate, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) total DEL will increase by £13,685,000 from £34,158,000 to £47,843,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
	
		
			  Change New DEL 
			 £'000 Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 1,743 3,625 35,917 5,327 41,244 
			 Admin Budget 1,392 - 18,143 - 18,143 
			 Capital 8,317 - 8,757 - 8,757 
			 Depreciation - - (2,100) (58) (2,158) 
			 Total DEL 10,060 3,625 42,574 5,269 47,843 
		
	
	The change in resource element of DEL arises from:
	a transfer of £1,543,000 from the Northern Ireland Executive in respect of the outstanding machinery of Government and other budgetary changes as a result of Stage 2 devolution which were not reflected in the Winter Supplementary Estimate;
	a transfer of £200,000 from the Northern Ireland Executive for preparatory costs of the 2011 elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly; and
	a claim on the DEL reserve of £3,625,000 for the 2010 General Election.
	The change in the capital element of DEL arises from:
	a transfer of £8m from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport relating to the funding for minority language issues as part of Stage 2 devolution; and
	a transfer of £317,000 from the Northern Ireland Executive in respect of the remaining machinery of government and other budgetary changes as a result of Stage 2 devolution which were not reflected in the Winter Supplementary Estimate.
	Subject to Parliamentary approval of any Supplementary Estimate, the Northern Ireland Executive total DEL will increase increased by £175,339,000 from £10,826,546,000 to £11,001,885,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000) Change New DEL 
			 Resource DEL 188,910 10,120,615 
			 Capital DEL -13,571 1,209,335 
			 Resource DEL + Capital DEL 175,339 11,329,950 
			 Less Depreciation - 328,065 
			 Total DEL net of depreciation 175,339 11,001,885 
		
	
	The change in the resource DEL arises from:
	the take-up of DEL End year flexibility of £96,435,000;
	a transfer of £56,722 from capital DEL to resource DEL;
	net transfers totalling £1,543,000 to the Northern Ireland Office. These transfers are part of the outstanding budgetary changes arising from stage 2 devolution;
	a claim on the DEL reserve of £67,646,000 for Policing and Justice;
	a claim on the DEL reserve of £50,000,000 for ring-fenced Student Loans;
	a claim on the DEL reserve of £8,200,000 in respect of Barnett consequentials arising from modernisation of DWP;
	a reduction of £89,560,000 which represents the NIE share of the £6 billion reductions announced in May 2010;
	a transfer of £10,000 from the Department of Energy and Climate Change for the Low Carbon Initiative; and
	a transfer of £200,000 to the Northern Ireland Office for preparatory costs of the 2011 elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly.
	The change in the capital DEL arises from:
	a transfer of £31,112,000 to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills for the agreed share of the Launch Investment which is to be paid to Bombardier Inc and Short Brothers PLC for the C Series;
	a transfer of £105,000 from the Department of Energy and Climate Change for the Low Carbon Initiative;
	the take up of DEL End year flexibility of £120,623,000;
	a claim on the DEL reserve of £12,900,000 for Policing and Justice;
	a reduction of £38,248,000 which represents the NIE share of the £6 billion reductions announced in May 2010;
	a reduction of £23,000,000 in respect of the carry forward of capital DEL to 2011-12;
	a claim on the DEL reserve of £2,200,000 in respect of Barnett consequentials arising from modernisation of DWP;
	a transfer of £56,722 from capital DEL to resource DEL; and
	a transfer of £317,000 from the Northern Ireland Executive. This is part of the outstanding budgetary changes arising from stage 2 devolution that were not processed in the Winter Supplementary Estimate.
	The effect of the above changes is to increase the grant payable to the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund by £683,000,000 to £15,253,000,000.

Scotland Office: DEL

Lord Wallace of Tankerness: Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) provision for the administration of the Scotland Office (including the Office of the Advocate General for Scotland) will be increased by £1,900,000 and this takes account of the take-up of resource DEL End Year Flexibility of £1,900,000. Scotland Office spending is contained within the single Ministry of Justice Departmental Expenditure Limit and Administration Costs Limit. The Scotland DEL will be decreased by £116,335,000 from £28,703,787,000 to £28,587,452,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000) Change New DEL 
			 Resource DEL -16,335 25,841,119 
			 Capital DEL -100,000 3,288,567 
			 Resource DEL + Capital DEL -116,335 29,129,686 
			 Less Depreciation - 542,234 
			 Total DEL -116,335 28,587,452 
		
	
	The decrease in the Scotland DEL takes account of the following adjustments to the Scottish Government provision:
	a DEL reduction of £130,000,000 (£30,000,000 resource and £100,000,000 capital);
	a claim on the DEL reserve of £28,665,000 for Student Loans Subsidy (cost of loan interest capping); and
	a transfer of £15,000,000 to the Scotland Office to cover the costs of the forthcoming Scottish Parliament Election.

UK Statistics Authority: DEL

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: My right honourable friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General (Francis Maude) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the UK Statistics Authority's total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £700,000 from £319,533,000 to £320,233,000, and the programme budget will be increased by £700,000.1 Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000) Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 2,300 -1,600 309,833 10,400 320,233 
			 of which:  
			 Administration Budget - - - - - 
			 Capital** -15 - 14,985 - 14,985 
			 Less Depreciation†  - -19,925 - -19,925 
			 Total 2,285 -1,600 304,893 10,400 315,293 
		
	
	** Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	† Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:
	the take-up of Departmental Unallocated Provision (DUP) of £6,000,000 in order to finance 2011 Census; and
	budget cover £700,000 from other government departments in support of the Migration Statistics Improvement Programme.
	The change in the programme budget arises from the drawdown of £6,000,000 of DUP and budget cover from DCLG of £700,000.
	1 The UK Statistics Authority is the operating name of the legal entity "the Statistics Board", created in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. The main estimates were submitted using the name "the Statistics Board".

Wales Office: DEL

Lord Wallace of Tankerness: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Wales has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Welsh Assembly Government's total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £108,565,000 from £15,178,509,000 to £15,287,074,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
	
		
			 (£,000) Change New DEL 
			 Resource DEL 27,203 13,884,529 
			 Capital DEL 81,362 1,754,860 
			 Less depreciation - -352,315 
			 Total DEL 108,565 15,287,074 
		
	
	The change in the resource DEL element arises from:
	the take-up of DEL End Year Flexibility (EYF) of £102,547,000;a transfer of £208,000 from the Ministry of Justice in respect of healthcare at Cardiff Prison;a reduction of £113,541,000 which represents WAG's share of the £6 billion cuts announced in May 2010;a reduction of £5,850,000 following a transfer of provision to Capital DEL;a reduction of £6,161,000 in respect of rate relief; anda claim on the reserve of £50,000,000 in respect of impairments within the Student Loans ring-fence.
	The change in the capital DEL element arises from:
	the take-up of DEL End Year Flexibility (EYF) of £124,519,000;a reduction of £49,007,000 which represents WAG's share of the £6 billion cuts announced in May 2010; andan increase of £5,850,000 following a transfer of provision from resource DEL.
	As a result of these changes, the grant paid by the Wales Office to the Welsh Consolidated Fund increases by £141,066,000 from £13,314,503,000 to £13,455,569,000.
	In addition the Wales Office budget will increase by £1,936,000 as a result of:
	the take-up of £1,300,000 resource DEL EYF; and
	a switch of £636,000 from capital DEL to resource DEL.
	Wales Office spending is contained within single Ministry of Justice Departmental Expenditure Limit and Administration Costs Limit.

Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat): Prior Period Adjustments

Lord Henley: My honourable friend the Minister for Natural Environment and Fisheries (Richard Benyon) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement..
	Ofwat's Prior Period Adjustments (PPA) following the Chief Secretary's decision that departments will not be including PPAs on the face on Estimates for 2010-11 for the alteration of the IAS 35 standard and in respect of the removal of costs of capital charge from accounts, budgets and Estimates are as follows:
	Prior Period Adjustments
	Non-Voted
	Cost of capital charge
	Costs of capital charges (CCC) have been removed from accounts, budgets and Supply Estimates in accordance with HM Treasury's Consolidated Budgeting Guidance (CBG). However, the department had liabilities greater than its assets and so attracted a cost of capital credit. The removal of the CCC increases resources in DEL. The PPA in respect of the previous two years is shown in the table below.
	
		
			 (£,000) 2008-09 2009-10 
			 Cost of capital credit 183 267 
			 Total 183 267